TENNESSE

"I want to thank my friend, Sen. Bill Frist, for joining us today. … He married a Texas girl, I want you to know. (Laughter.) Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me."
—George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., May 27, 2004

"I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together."
—George W. Bush, Bartlett, Tenn., Aug. 18, 2000 (Thanks to Tarja Black.)

"There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again."
—George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002